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AISep 16, 2026OpenAI

Reimagining advertising with AI

OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents in ChatGPT Ads—click an ad, optionally chat with a business-branded agent—plus prompt-built creatives, Ads Manager AI tools, and HubSpot/Shopify hooks.

AISep 16, 2026MIT Technology Review

Building the materials foundation for AI

MIT Technology Review’s Syensqo-sponsored piece argues AI’s next bottleneck is materials—thermal, purity, high-voltage—while AI also accelerates the search for those materials.

AISep 16, 2026OpenAI

How to connect AI usage to business value

OpenAI’s Admin Console now packages usage, task mix, and Codex outcome metrics so buyers can argue ROI—without mistaking credit burn for business impact.

AISep 16, 2026OpenAI

How workers are unlocking new ways of working

OpenAI Economic Research finds recurring “task crossover”: workers keep using ChatGPT for work outside their job titles, based on 1.5M+ work messages from April–July 2026.

AISep 15, 2026MIT Technology Review

Roundtables: Could AI really kill us all?

MIT Technology Review’s roundtable—Firth, Heaven, Huckins—unpacks lab staff warnings about human extinction from advanced AI: origins, credibility, and what to do if the risk is real.